WxPyPlot

Introduction

wxPyPlot is an enhanced derivative version of wxPlotCanvas to provide simple lightweight plotting in wxPython. The emphasis is both on simple and lightweight.

Before starting this work I looked at two plotting packages that could be adapted to work with wxPython. SciPy Plt and Chaco are sophisticated and powerful, but at the expense of consuming huge amounts of computer resources for simple plots. They can be found at http://scipy.com. I was looking for something that could be incorporated into a Boa application and had the ability to plot lines with large numbers of points quickly for data capture applications. wxPlotCanvas had the speed and some of the functionality that I was looking for, but lacked a lot of features that I needed. This effort has filled the gap.

I have tested this out on Windows using Python 2.3 and wxPython 2.4.1.2. If you have the chance to test it on Linux, please let me know how it works. Suggestions and improvements welcome.